Today, if you found yourself at 22481 Shore Center Dr. in Euclid, you
would most likely be parking your car. The reason for that, is this
location is now the parking lot for Dave's Supermarket.
However, if you found yourself back in, oh I don't know... the summer of 1957, you'd be ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the new Kroger grocery store.
Everyone loves the charm of these vintage ads - but this one is really something... I personally appreciate the mention of the "soft music" and "magic carpet doors".
Although there are no mentions of improvements from the following ad in Spring 1963, Kroger on Shore Center decided to throw a grand re-opening. How serendipitous for people who live for grocery store openings!
This Kroger grocery closed sometime in 1971, give or take a few months.
Above, a shot taken for the Cleveland press in 1957, showcasing the produce department of the new Kroger.
However, if you found yourself back in, oh I don't know... the summer of 1957, you'd be ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the new Kroger grocery store.
Although there are no mentions of improvements from the following ad in Spring 1963, Kroger on Shore Center decided to throw a grand re-opening. How serendipitous for people who live for grocery store openings!
They moved from Shore Center Plaza on Lake Shore & E 222/Babbitt. The 1963 re-opening was probably a cosmetic makeover around the same time Kroger opened one of its SuperX drug stores next door. Kroger was in decline in those years---this area was one of the few places where all the major chains had stores (Fisher, later Fazio; A&P; Kroger; Pick-n-Pay and the Foodtown/later Fazio [initially as a Stop-n-Shop]=, then Bernie Shulman and Marc's]). Kroger was the first to close and always the least popular.
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